Gear & Axe

You all fought alongside Earl Bromkar Floki during the Coven War. Whether you were from this world or from Earl Bromkar’s Odin worshipping world of Mid-Realm, you fought alongside of him for the forces allied with the human kingdoms against those of the Coven. Now that Earl Bromkar has been granted his own city and castle, Attigen. He has chosen to settle and rule here, but not ready to settle down, you have come together with your former brothers (and sisters) in arms to form an adventuring company. These are some ways you might have come to fight with Bromkar:

You were a sworn warrior of Bromkar’s clan.

You were taken slave as a spoil of war in one of his raids, but have proven yourself so he has freed you.

You were from Rhodic/Duri/Daemineria/Fankoria/Jeznar assigned to fight with Bromkar and grew to respect him as a leader and now your commision with your home country is complete now that their war has ended.

Or other…

Attigen is a medium sized town, but a heavily fortified castle. It sits on the the coast of the mainland near the Duri Federation. It is also on the edge of the former territories controlled by the Coven which the covered by dense forests and mountains. Within those dark lands, the monsters that served the Coven have receded (or lay in hiding) and their riches remain to be discovered.

Party subdued a band of rural gnomes (mounted on giant badgers) stealing/borrowing supplies from the miner’s lodge, killing one of the gnomes.

The lead gnome says their village rescued five miners and had been housing them in their village. The party leaves the gnomes 30 days of rations to bring to the miners. The gnomes warn that the miners saw mummies and mummy bears come from the disturbed Tameen tomb.

Kiri is the name of one of the gnome scouts (still living).

Inside the entrance the party fought off bears wrapped in bandages and ceramic amor, but they seemed made of living flesh and bone.

Licking their wounds from the fake mummies, the party retreated back to the elevator for a short rest.

Moving on, they encountered a 30 foot deep pit and engaged two hooked horrors. The party defeated them, but K’un L’un, Steen, and Vaunk all fell during the engagement.

The party retreated back to the surface and took an extended rest.

Day 9 afternoon

The party crossed a bridge over the 30 foot pit. Vaunk detected a trap and avoided it.

The party discovered a side corridor blocked by an animated face with two arms. It posed a riddle which Steen solved granting them entrance.

In a dust covered room there was an ancient Tameen console controlling a cryogenic chamber and a skeleton holding an ornate pistol.

The party activates the cryogenic chamber releasing the sleeping Tameen princess, Miratari. She claims to be the heir to the lost Tameen empire, and if the party “serves” her by helping her restore her empire, she will greatly reward them.

Her father, who went insane, tried to have her killed.

The most brilliant engineer and artificer of his day, Kwalish, protected Miratari by hiding her and putting her into cryogenic sleep.

She thinks she is a powerful cleric capable of casting Earthquake.

Miratari allows Vaunk to take possession of the intelligent pistol, Blackrain, which is devoted to her protection.

The party and Miratari move into the next area where they find four miners tied up and gagged, but alive.

The party entered the back of the mine where they found an even larger Tameen section. Four miners were tied up in the center with their packs. When Brokmund approached, his former master Neerio came out from a side chamber and warned him not approach as their packs were trapped. Neerio had betrayed the miners and Earl Bromkar.

Remnants of the Coven squad known as the Grimtooth Battalion emerged to challenge the party: Smash the ogre wielding a small naval canon and four hobgoblins. Neerio offered to broker a payout to the party, but neither the party or the Grimtooth members seemed interested.

During the fight Princess Miratari tried to cast Earthquake, but her spell failed. She regrouped and successfully cast Cure Wounds on Thjafi instead.

Special purpose: templar (tasked with protecting the children of Pharaoh Soophis); souldrinker (when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, the pistol slays the creature and drinks its soul, unless it is a construct or an undead. A creature whose soul has been drunk by Blackrain can be restored to life only by a wish spell. When it drinks a soul, Blackrain grants you temporary hit points equal to one fifth the slain creature’s hit point maximum. These hit points fade after 24 hours. As long as these temporary hit points last and you keep Blackrain in hand, its magical bonus becomes +2, and you have +1 on saving throws and ability checks.)

Scale Mail +1

Day 10-17

The party returned the miners and Neerio to Attigen to the celebration of the town and the thanks of Earl Bromkar.

The party told Bromkar that Miratari is an orphan they found along the way.

Brokmund executes Neerio for his betrayal.

The party has the following options for their next action:

A phantom airship is disrupting a trade route

The gnome village of Burrabor who sheltered five miners were upset when the party killed one of their scouts so they sent the miners to a slave market. (current choice)

Earl Bromkar has ordered the siege and destruction of Burrabor.

Miratari is still trying to orient herself to this new modern world, but she thinks she could find her way to Kwalish’s other hidden cryo-chamber.

The Grimtooth Battalion led by the quickling gunslinger Jaezin Bor is off to sell the stolen elemental coal.

Loot: 800 gp each for securing the mines and rescuing some of the miners

The party celebrated and rested for a couple days after returning from the Twilight’s Hollow Mines.

Day 19 evening

Earl Bromkar introduced the party to Myron (Tom’s new PC), a friend and warrior, who recently returned from the town of Gai Moor’a with a report of the major players. Additionally Bromkar adds:

The gnomes holding the five remaining miners are trying to sell them as slaves in Gai Moor’a but have run into unexpected trouble.

Howellan Tark introduced himself to the party. He is a Fankorian industrialist and provided weapons and vehicles to Earl Bromkar and other allied forces including the warforged K’un L’un himself. In a private conversation with K’un L’un, Howellan revealed that he still has access to a diagnostic mode in the warforg’s subconscious.

Day 20 morning

The party set out on a merchant ship to Gai Moor’a officially as mercenary guard to make a more subtle entrance. Howie Tark is also on board hoping to setup trade contracts with Gai Moora if they open trade with Attigen and/or the Duri Federation.

Before even leaving sight of Attigen they were attacked by giant octopi and then sahaugin.

Encountered giant crabs, a friendly group of aquatic elves allied with Earl Bromkar, and outraced a pirate ship

The night before arriving at Gai Moor’a, Howie Tark brought the two party members on watch (K’un L’un and Brokmund) to the back of the boat and showed them his toolkit, offering upgrades for K’un L’un should he want.

Upon arrival in Gai Moor’a the party took to the streets under the guise of mercenary guards on shore leave. The ship was asked to wait until the party is ready to leave.

Visiting a shrine to the Mid Realm gods, Throthgar developed a rapport with the devout deserters seeking redemption in the eyes of Odin and Thor. Led by the old veteran, Brother Vitel, the faithful reported that the gnomes tried to sell the dwarven miners to the Sons of the Kraken, but neither the gnomes or the dwarves have been seen since that meeting over two weeks ago.

Visiting the slave market Brokmund buys a Fankorian engineer (Bob) to give him a second chance. The party is told that the gnomes, led by The Fonk, tried to sell the dwarves in the market originally, but said they would get ten fold the price from the Sons of the Kraken because the dwarves had political value. The engineer is sent to the boat to wait for the party.

Day 26

Myron hit the street and discovered that Tark is taking bids for smuggled suits of steamplate he’s trying to sell. This goes against the wishes of Earl Bromkar who does not want more weapons sold to a town he wants fealty from.

Vaunk also hit the streets and was accosted by Sons of the Kraken guard who were looking for a certain “country” gnome. They offered a reward for information leading to this gnome’s location.

Brokmund went to the Gai Moor’a town hall to register the deed for a newly purchased property near the altar to the Mid Realm gods. There he discovered that Gai Moor’a was recruiting all available mercenaries including a group of stone giants from the Granite People led by Samartan.

Passing by the altar, Brokmund discovered that minotaurs from a Mid Realm unit called The Winged Warriors (renowned for their courage during the war) were standing guard outside of the altar building, not letting anyone enter.

When the party arrived, they heard Brother Vitel scream in pain and attacked. The minotaurs were led by a dwarf woman named Siggy who was killed and soul-drained by Vaunk’s pistol, Black Rain.

The party defeated the remaining minotaurs only to discover they were valkyries in disguise. One valkyrie, Siggy (Sigrund), is still trapped inside Black Rain.

A face of an old man with an eye-patch (Odin) appeared on the holy tree ordering the valkyries to cease testing of the party. They had wanted to test their courage and to ask why the party had been helping deserters like Brother Vitel.

The god Odin agreed with the party that the deserters should get a second chance to earn a place in Valhalla, and if Sigrund was trapped in the gun, it was her own fault.

Brother Vitel informed the party that Kiri was held up in a gnome workshop named the Greasy Girallon.

The party made deal with Kiri: Save The Fonk who was turned to stone by the Sons of the Kraken and convince Bromkar not to destroy their village. In return they will return the miners.

The miners were transmuted into gem form by the necromancer.

Kiri has two miners whom she returns. The Fonk has the other three frozen on his person.

The party left the necromancer’s (Yorin) tower and rested before infiltrating the Sons of the Kraken’s throne room to rescue/pilfer The Fonk and the remaining dwarven miners in the gnome’s possession.

Brokmund finalized the purchase of a smithy which he donated to temple of Brokkr/Odin/Thor.

Brother Vitel informed the party that Tark found a buyer for his contraband suits of steamplate and it is non other than the Grimtooth Battalion. They are still negotiating a price.

Day 28 – early morning

In the dark of night the party snuck into the throne room. Steen tried to silently approach the petrified body of The Fonk, but was discovered by a vapid human named Virtok.

A man-sized squid revealed himself from behind the throne, from the other side of a clear wall that holds back a giant tank of water. It sent a tentacle through a sealed hole in the glass wall and possessed Virtok to speak through the human. The giant squid is in fact a child of the giant Kraken which died fighting the animated sea turtle during The Coven War.

When the druid awakened the giant squid and charmed it, the druid did not know that the squid was pregnant. Its children were also given intelligence. And psychic powers.

Tens of thousands of children of the Kraken rule Gai Moor’a.

Six mini-kraken entered the room piloting small jars on robot legs to attack the party.

Party defeated the mini-Kraken and took the petrified gnome, The Fonk.

They party dropped the unconscious Virtok off in an alley.

The party went to the Greasy Girallon to see Kiri.

The party Un-petrified the Fonk.

Kiri and the Fonk will wait in Gai’Moora to help the party hoping they will help save their village from being destroyed by Earl Bromkar.

The gems with transmuted dwarves were given to Brother Vitel for safe keeping.

The town of Gai’Moora was put in lock-down as the Sons of the Kraken are looking for the strangers who stole from them. The gates are closed and two pirate ships are preventing any other ships from leaving port.

Brother Vitel arrived and reported that Tark and the Grimtooth Battalion are going to make their transaction that night for the contraband steamplate and the elemental coal stolen from Attigen’s mines.

The party went to the bar with the Grimtooth are waiting before the sale, The Shell-less Mermaid (a mercenary bar which has a fighting pit). They go into the bar under the guise of The Company of the Iron Coin

Grimtooth present: four hobgoblins, a hill giant outside, and a quickling commander.

The party convinced the Grimtooth to stand down and the party escaped the Shell-less Mermaid.

In a nearby alleyway the party went over the map on Jaezin's body seeing where the elemental coal is located.

The ghost of the dead pit fighter comes to Vaunk and Vaunk has the choice to send the soul to Valhalla, the realm of Hades on behalf of Garl Glittergold, or a mysterious third door manned by a cloaked figure offering gold. Vaunk chose to send this soul to Valhalla.

The party tries to scout the meeting place with Howellan Tark, but is discovered by Iliviel, an elven agent of Tark.

Iliviel warns Tark across the street that the party is coming after him, and Tark moves to escape.

The party decided to leave Tark once he spotted them and moved into the street into the view of the city guard.

Party scouted the green house where the Grimtooth were holding the elemental coal. They chose not to engage them that night.

Long rest

Day 28, afternoon

Overnight the Sons of the Kraken (SoK) discover the merchant ship that transported the party to Gai Moor’a. They put guards on the ship and imprison the ship officers near the SoK throne room.

The SoK are now willing to buy the elemental coal from the Grimtooth Battalion.

The party waits till nightfall to rescue the officers.

Day 28, evening

Tark sends word that he wants to help the party.

They meet in a warehouse for the Gea god temples. They party agreed to help Tark clear shipping lanes, in return he will rescue the crew while the party gets the officers. Tark will also fly them all out from an airship he has nearby.

The party defeated the Sons of the Wearats and the roper guarding the sewer exit from Gai’Moora.

They met up with the elf Iliviel who directed them to the escape route to Tark’s airship.

Iliviel informs them that The Grimtooth Battalion have hired themselves out to the Sons of the Kraken at a discount to hunt for the party.

Kiri and The Fonk have second thoughts about turning themselves into Earl Bromkar, fearing for their lives, but the party convinced them that it was the best chance save their village, Burrabor, from the wrath of the Earl.

The party use personal balloons to raise themselves into the night sky where they are picked up by Tark’s airship where they find the already rescued crew of Captain Olandar’s ship.

The party set course to return to Attigen with the rescued dwarven miners.

(Note: this loot will be awarded upon arrival in Attigen, but there are some items we will cover on the airship before that, but you can divy this up between sessions.)Loot: 7 Art Objects (250 GP each) – large tapestry of the longship “Ice Reaver”, carved ivory statuette of a wolf, silver necklace with pearls, bronze crown of stag horns, box of turquoise animal figurines, large tapestry of a fjord, gold ring set with bloodstones

Vaunk sent a soul of a fallen Mid Realm deserter who helped the party to Valhala. He sent a second deserter ally to Garl’s realm. Vaunk judged a final soul belonging to a Sons of the Wererat comes, and he only had the option of the unknown door and Garl’s realm. Vaunk sent him to Garl’s realm.

On Tark’s airship, the Cha Cha Maroika, another strange group of refugees from Gai’Moora travel with the party, a strange band of ten un-marked men-at-arms who transport a floating glass container that’s 20×20×20 feet. Tark knows who they are and admits an association with them, but says no more than that.

When the party arrives at Attigens ships belonging to the High King of Mid Realm and Trothgar’s family Clan Throrson are in port.

The High King is visiting his subject and celebrating a recent victory over a mighty fire giant tribe.

Trothgar’s little brother, Garundar, has taken over leadership of the clan after their father got too old and retired to their home mountain and their eldest brother died in a battle. Garundar has been campaigning with the High King as Earl Bromkar has not been actively raiding.

The party (except for Brokmund and Throthgar) met with Lady Minua, Bromkar’s young Gean wife, who implored them to persuade Bromkar to spare the gnome village.

The party has been invited to join Bromkar and the High King out in the hunting grounds.

The high priest Olof of Odin met with Throthgar and offers an alternative weapon to give to Vaunk in exchange for Black Rain to destroy it.

Trothgar and Vaunk discussed Black Rain with Miritari as the weapon was built to defend her. She announced that she has discovered the location of Kwalish’s laboratory that might be able to remove the soul of the Valkyrie from the magical gun.

The lab is located deep in old Coven territory in a place called the Swamp of the Hag.

Trothgar and Vaunk agreed to swap weapons and allow the Temple of Odin to hold onto Black Rain till they find a way to free the valkyrie.

If the party dies, the Temple will destroy Black Rain.

Brokmund met another ex-student of Neerio, a halfling named Conaur. He is a member of Lady Minua’s, wife of Earl Bromkar, personal guard.

Conaur swore vengeance against Bromkar and Brokmund for the death of his teacher.

He implied that Lady Minua is empathetic to his cause.

The party went to the hunting grounds to meet with Earl Bromkar and the high king of the Mid Realms.

They convinced Bromkar to ally with those friendly in Gai’Moora.

Bromkar informed the party that Tark’s mysterious friends on the airship met with a known agent of the Iron Syndicate (Iron Dragons) in Attigen the night they docked. The organization had approached the earl perviously offering an alliance with Attigen, saying they were looking for a specific component that was in a lost lair of a fallen Iron Dragon in Bromkar’s territory.

Instead of laying waste to the village of Burrabor, home to Kiri and The Fonk, they promised to take the gnomes to the village and convince them to agree to become Bromkar’s subjects.

Loot: Pistol of Lightning (enchanted with dwarven runes), double barreled pistol +2, can create a 5 ft wide 120 ft. long bolt of lightning originating from the wielder, 4d6 lightning damage, DC 13 Dex save for half, can be used again at the next dawn.

Two gnome brothers from Burrabar were also in the command tent, named Punkle and Neslin.

Neslin was guarding his brother, and told them what he could.

Burrabar got desperate with the sieging army outside their doorstep and asked a veteran of the Coven War, a gnome illusionist named Sylar, for help.

Sylar was born in Burrabar, but trained in the arcane city of Daeminiera.

Sylar underwent transmutation experiments and merged his body with that of a displacer beast.

Sylar has trapped the village elders in illusion helmets as well, and forced the village to fight back against the Attigen army at their doorstep.

Punkle despises Attigen since he was the fiancee to the scout (Kiri’s sister) the party killed traveling to the mines. He volunteered to create the shared illusion that the Attigen officers are trapped in, only he can free them.

The party can go into the shared illusion too, and try to convince or trick Punkle into freeing the officers.

After the illusion over the Attigen army fell, Burrabar prepares to attack. The gnomes of Burrabar could possibly defeat the Attigen army, in their half-starved state, at a great cost to both sides.

Steen convinced the gnomes at the wall to let the party in, and they would negotiate with Sylar a less destructive resolution.

Earl Bromkar and most of his army are at Gai’Moora, negotiating its submission to the rule of Attigen.

Day 75

Earl Bromkar returned from Gai’Moora.

Most of the young kraken were killed, some were captured, some escaped

Gai’Moora trade guilds and war vets side with Attigen after their positive experience with the party.

Mid Realm vets are welcomed back into society, but Bromkar demanded that three must willingly sacrifice themselves to the gods (Virtok and two others volunteered) (note: human sacrifice is no longer common in Mid Realm society, but is still whispered as the ultimate gift to the gods among the zealously religious).

The necro-drive is missing.

The only pirate ship to escape is the The Siren’s Anvil (the ironclad).

That evening, Brokmund, Trothgar, and everyone in Attigen who worships the Mid-Realm gods experience a shared dream: In an empty longhouse adorned with riches, a dwarf with a mechanical eye said while laughing, “My thanks to Bromkar for getting me into Valhalla.” He then shot the dreamer with a musket.

Day 78

The body of the same one-eyed dwarf was found partially burned in Attigen’s bay. Earl Bromkar identified him as the assassin Habar Blackrock known for scores of unhonorable kills, including Bromkar’s own father.

Bromkar had tracked him down years before, but instead of giving him an honorable death by the blade or an execution, threw him in a Mid-Realm prison, one of the worse punishments among the Mid-Realm faithful.

While the souldrinking pistol, Black Rain, was in possession of High Priest Olof of Odin, he had shepherded almost a dozen souls who died around Attigen to Valhalla or denying them access to the best of his judgement. But when the soul of Habar appeared before him the day before, he saw a fierce dwarven warrior, and allowed him access. But Habar certainly did not deserve it.

Habar’s body was adorned with runed tattoos that carried a spell to corrupt the afterworld. Earl Bromkar suspects his enemies are using Black Rain to attack both Valhalla and himself.

Black Rain is now indestructable by mundane means, having fused more with the soul of the valkyrie Sigrund.

Bromkar asked that the party once again take possession of Black Rain and to do one of the following: find a way to separate the Sigrund from it, destroy it, or at least keep it moving so his enemies cannot continue to poison the afterworld which will eventually recover, but not if more poisoned souls are sent.

Bromkar reported that Habar was seen briefly in Attigen with someone short in stature, but always cloaked.

Gilly used his popularity as Attigen’s foremost brewmaster to learn that Habar was held in the Mid-Realm prison of Arrootakenstik, near the frost giant lands, but now that prison has not communicated with anyone for weeks.

The party decided to disassemble Black Rain, splitting the pieces among Trothgar and Brokmund for safe keeping as they travel.

The party decided to travel to Kwalesh’s secret lair, deep in Coven territory in The Swamp of the Hag, where they hope to find a way to free Sigrund from the gun.

The party hired an airship captain crazy enough to fly into the territory for 1300 gp, and to wait for them at the site for 35 gp a day (paid in advance for 14 days). The flight will take 20-21 days.

The party sends a message to Tark saying that they cannot help him clear the shipping lane yet, but they will in the future. He responds, “That’s okay. Please get to it as soon as you can. Let me know.”

The party defeated the un-aligned Mid-Realm longship. The longship was too damaged and was cut away to drift down to the Grimwald forest.

One prisoner was taken, the dwarf Breykor, who belonged to Trothgar’s clan. He said that he broke is oath to Earl Bromkar because he felt the gods had forsaken him for allowing Valhalla to be poisoned. Trothgar executed him.

In the evening Brokmund and Throthgar sent all the souls from the longship to Valhalla.

Loot: 45 gp, Shield of Missile Defense

Day 81

At the end of the afternoon, the airship was attacked by orcs riding giant bats planting bombs on top of the ship’s envelope . They are worshipers of Shargaas, the orc god of darknesss and ambush.

Beyfor told them that a known pirate from Gai’Moora, a crewmember of the ironclad The Siren’s Anvil, was asking around the docks of Attigen for the party’s plans, and learned that they were heading to the Swamp of the Hag.

Day 82

Repairs were made to the party’s airship, The Black Agate.

Day 83

The party set off again towards the Swamp of the Hag.

Day 84

The party flew over a dead lake, surrounded by 200 yards of dead folliage.

Day 85

In the early afternoon the party spotted a downed airship. It was identified as a Duri Federation warship.

Astrild Shriespar, ex-wife of Earl Bromkar, met with the party and asked for the body of Bromkar to observe the proper funeral rights (burning). The party convinced her that they will confer with Lady Minua first.

Invectorus convinced the Rhodic warship Helios to allow Beyfor’s ship to land and discuss things with Lady Minua.

When they landed, Conaur, captain of Lady Minua’s guard, demanded the disarment and arrest of Trothgar. The party refused and Conaur and his men attacked.

Invectorus met with his brother-in-law, the Dread Lord Bublianus (“Bubbles”) and asked if his contacts from the lower planes could give Beyfor the use of his legs.

Bublianus said he could, but he would need Beyfor’s soul after he dies. The party turned it down.

Baldar, Brokmund, and Trothgar went to the temple of Thor to commune with the god through the valkyrie Sigrund. They asked her what it would cost to give Beyfor the same boon. Sigrund offered two options:

Steal the Spear of Ares from his high temple in Rhodic

Transfer Beyfor’s disability to another willing creature. Brokmund takes on his disability.

The Mid Realmers accepted Beyfor as their new leader and regent for the young Acheas,

Mivra told her father, the necromancer Yorin, that she is staying in Attigen and trying to lead a life of good. Yorin promised to pervert Bromkar’s soul.

Mivra told the party that her great grand nephew, Professor Mortico, in Daemineria might know where her father is.

Day 95-105

Beyfor took Attigen’s fleet and cleared the trade pass leading to Daemineria of Githyankie.

There is a permanent opening to the Astral Plane in that pass. Beyfore leaves ships to guard it.

Loot: 1200 gp to each party member, Trident of Fish Command, Bag of Tricks (rust)

Small-sized steamplate with steamjets
Steamplate engine equiped to give a medium creature a fly speed of 40. Using a flyng move consumes 0.2 lbs of elemental coal. (steamjets can be retrofited to a larger suit of steamplate as a gift from Beyfor, allowing a medium to fly at 30 and a large to fly at 20)

Battleaxe +1 “Jumper”
3 charges
Detect a nearby portal or teleport within 100 feet or as recent as 24 hours
See the other side of a closed portal, requires concentration
The wielder may follow a teleport that happened in 24 hours
At dawn, Jumper recharges 1d3 charges

Aazar paid a diviner to scry the necromancer’s ship. He saw that it was making repairs in the mountains outside of Daemineria.

Word was sent to Daemineria that the necromancer’s ship was in the mountains nearby.

Howellan Tark asked the party to transport ten giant metal claws disguised as plowshares to an enchanter in Daemineria. The nature of the items must not be revealed to authorities in Daemineria. They accepted 2,000 gp up front with 2,225 to be paid upon delivery in Daemineria.

The party arrived at Frey’s Grave, where the Mid Realm god died at the end of the Coven War.

A small camp has been allowed to be established on the site by Attigen to study the body of the fallen god.

The body of the fallen god has melded into the side of mountain with the steam-powered sword of the shaper who killed him stuck through his body and the side of the mountain. Fankorian technicians and spellcasters have not been able to remove the sword.

Worshippers of Frey have also gathered hoping for any sign from their fallen god.

Day 119

The party started to travel into the pass.

A distress call came in through the soundcone from a male named Sillfer. He said his balloon had crashed and he needed help.

Invectrorus did not trust Sillfer and refused to help.

Sillfer offered secret new technology and that he was being hunted by Fankorians, but Invectorus was not convinced and ordered his crew to move on.

A couple hours later three flying shapers came by looking for a downed balloon. They said they were with the Fankorian Fifth Air Legion.

The crow’s nest saw mostly unmarked, grey shapers with the designation “L5” marked on their shoulders.

Invectorus informed them that they had heard from a downed ballooner, but did not find his location.

The shapers thanked him for the information and flew on.

When the shapers flew by some of the other party members remember from the war that designations of “L+number” designate Fankorian government research labs (Lab 1, Lab 2, etc.) though they often had other markings as well.

The party defeated the chimeras attacking their airship, The Sloar’s Embrace.

The warforged crew member (#10) perished.

Reaching the arcane city of Daemineria the party’s airship was greeted by two Daeminerian dragons.

A nearly blind bronze dragon named Huronillin inspected the airship while her companion, a huge gold dragon named Aurajax flew nearby.

Aurajax asked Huronillion if there were individuals on the airship that matched the party, but Huronillion’s poor vision did not recognize them.

Huronilion reported that on the tip of Regent Beyfor of Attigen they searched for Yorin’s airship and engaged in a great battle. They chased off the Krakken’s Anvil, but Huronillon’s mate died (a copper dragon), and Yorin dragged off her body.

Once docked, the party arranged with the enchanter Mevrick and his student Calvor to teleport the disguised plow shares to his laboratory. They got paid 1,000 gp just for arriving in Daemineria.

Day 129

When the party teleported to Mevrick’s lab, Mevrick was attacked by a spellweaver and his ogre minions. The spellweaver claimed that Mevrick stole time manipulating gems from him and ordered the party to leave.

On their way to Professor Mortico’s house a public announcement aired through Daemineria showing the public execution of a flesh golem charged with murder. The execution was performed by a well-known wizard named Maximilian.

The party investigated Professor Mortico’s house and found that the windows were magically darkened.

An Arcane Eye discovered party-goers dressed as undead inside, but among them were real undead (6 wights).

Professor Mortico was not there, but instructions on the care and feeding of his carnivorous plant was found.

Day 130 morning

The party returned to try to kidnap the plant.

Pikos snuck unto the roof but was attacked by two invisible undead wyverns.

The party attacked, heading to the roof and breaking into the first floor.